#1944 · 🐸 amphibians
Marbled Salamander
🇳🇱 Gemarmerde salamander ·Ambystoma opacum
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what is it?
The marbled salamander ( Ambystoma opacum ) is a species of mole salamander found in the eastern United States.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 12,649 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst in 1807 (219 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Marbled Salamander
- Nederlands
- Gemarmerde salamander
- scientific name
- Ambystoma opacum
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Caudata
- family
- Ambystomatidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 12,649
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1807 by Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Ambystomatidae
#1919 📷 8Spotted Salamander
🇳🇱 Gevlekte molsalamander
Ambystoma maculatum
LC 🌍 44.1k seen
#1938 📷 8Blue-spotted Salamander
🇳🇱 Blauwgevlekte salamander
Ambystoma laterale
LC 🌍 16k seen
#1967 📷 7Northwestern Salamander
Ambystoma gracile
LC 🌍 8.6k seen
#1968 📷 9Long-toed Salamander
🇳🇱 Langteensalamander
Ambystoma macrodactylum
LC 🌍 8.3k seen
#1972 📷 10Western Tiger Salamander
🇳🇱 Gestreepte tijgersalamander
Ambystoma mavortium
LC 🌍 7.6k seen
#1984 📷 10Pacific Giant Salamander
🇳🇱 Coastal giant salamander
Dicamptodon tenebrosus
LC 🌍 6.5k seen
#2002 📷 10Axolotl
Ambystoma mexicanum
CR 🌍 3k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 26736, Wikidata Q1407596, GBIF 2432006, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.